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OPERATION STORM: 24 arrested in major crackdown on crime in county Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 26th February 2020 0

Gardai have arrested 24 people as part of the latest crackdown on organised crime targets in county Kilkenny. The arrests were made in the Thomastown district as part of Operation Storm targeting criminal activity. Eight of the arrests were on foot of outstanding bench warrants and the remaining 16 were arrested on being involved in […]

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Con man who tricked elderly Kilkenny people out of cash by impersonating Gardai arrested

By Kilkenny Now 14th February 2020 0

A man suspected of impersonating Gardai in an effort to con elderly people in rural Kilkenny out of money was finally captured by the law this week. The man who has been a major target for Kilkenny Gardai was arrested as part of Operation Storm earlier this week. There have been numerous reports of people […]

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OPERATION STORM: Cannabis growhouse found and 47 arrests made as part of Garda crackdown in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 12th February 2020 0

Gardai arrested 47 people and discovered a cannabis growhouse in a Kilkenny village as part of Operation Storm that took place throughout the county today. They also uncovered an amount of MDMA and recovered stolen property as part of the searches undertaken during the operation. Gardai discovered the growhouse containing maturing cannabis plants at a […]

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BREAKING: 20 arrests in major crackdown on organised crime across Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 16th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY GARDAI have arrested 20 people as part of the latest crackdown on organised crime targets in county Kilkenny. The arrests are part of the Garda Operation Storm, targeting criminal activity. Sp far two suspects have been remanded in custody to prison. Another three people are currently being detained and questioned in relation […]

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OPERATION THOR: 34 arrests, 14 people charged and three vehicles seized

By Kilkenny Now 26th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THIRTY-four people were arrested, 14 are now facing court charges and three vehicles were seized as part of Operation Thor in Kilkenny yesterday. The day of action at disrupting criminal activity and preventing crime in the Kilkenny/Carlow Garda Division took place throughout yesterday and was a great success for gardai. A total […]

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15 arrested in major crackdown on crime in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 25th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY GARDAI have arrested 15 people and recovered a quantity of drugs, as part of Operation Storm aimed at preventing crime in county Kilkenny. One man has been charged already and is due in court later today. Up to 100 gardai are taking part in the operation including 26 trainee gardai and armed […]

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30 arrested in major Garda crackdown on criminals in South Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 27th February 2019 0

THIRTY people have been arrested for a wide range of criminal activities as part of a major Garda operation involving up to 60 gardai in the Thomastown area today. The arrests are part of the latest Garda Operation Storm – the 30th such crackdown in the Carlow-Kilkenny Garda division over the past four years. Nineteen […]

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UPDATE: 30 arrests, €80k of drugs seized in Garda crackdown on Kilkenny criminals

By Kilkenny Now 13th February 2019 0

THIRTY people were arrested and €80,000 worth of drugs seized in a major crackdown on Kilkenny criminals involving up to 80 gardai in the city and county today. The arrests and drugs seizures are part of the ongoing Garda Operation Storm investigating organised criminal activity in the Kilkenny area. The high-profile operation involved up to […]

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BREAKING: Arrests and drugs seizures as major crackdown on Kilkenny criminals gets underway

By Kilkenny Now 13th February 2019 0

A MAJOR crackdown on organised crime in Kilkenny involving up to 80 gardai from local and specialist divisions is getting underway in the city this morning as part of Operation Storm. KilkennyNow.ie can reveal a number of arrests and drug seizures have already been made as part of a series of “planned and targeted” Garda […]